Headlight.



E. L. WICKETT. HEADLIGHT.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN.2, 1012.

1,035,668. Patented Au 13, 1912.

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HEADLIGHT.

APPLICATION IILED JAILZ, 1912.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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ED LEE WICKET'I'. F KEITHSBURG, ILLINOIS.

HEADLIGHT.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed January 2, 1912. Serial No. 668,854.

To (Lilac/2.0177; 1' may concern:

Be it known that 1, En L. Wicun'r'r, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of l\'cithsburg. in the county of Mercer and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeadlights. of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement in head light devices for use onautomobiles and the like and has for objects certain improvements andconsists in the novel constructions and combinations of parts as will behereinafter described and claimed.

in the drawings Figure 1 is a side view Fig. 2 is a top plan viewthereof. Fig. 3 is a. detail vertical section on about line 3--3 of Fig.2. Fig. f is a detail section on about line 1-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a detail side view of the bracket post, the light supportingshaft and the cone bearings being indicated in dotted lines therein.

By my invent-ion l seek to provide. the light or the frame of the car insuch manner as to permit the adjustment of the light to cast its rayseither straight forward or at any desired angle either to the right orto the leit'tas the case may be, whether the car is moving or still.

lo the construction shown, the lamp shaft A has at its upper end a forkB on which the-lamp which may be of any desired form. is mounted. At itslower end, the shaft A has a transverse'cross bar C which forms at oneenda lever arm C to which the spring I) is connected for rocking theshaft A in one direction, and atits other end the lever arm (l to whichis connected the front end of the pitman E which pitman may preferablybe made in sections shown in Figs. 1 and 2 connected by a turn-buckle Eby which the lamp may be properly set to face directly forward when inits normal position. The shaft A is mounted in the bracket post F whosebracket G may be secured to the frame H of themachine in any suitabletrimmer and I prefer to mount the shaft on ball bearings as indicated inFig. 5 with the. upper cone fixed and the lower cone adjustable andsupplied with a lock nut I as will be understood from Figs. 1 and '5 ofthe drawings.

At its rear end the pitman E connects with the depending arm J of abell-crank lever J pivoted at J and having its other arm J provided witha pivoted treadle K,

such treadle being pivoted at K and pressed by a spring I.- against ashoulder J* on the arm J of the lever J when the parts are in theposition shown in Fig. 1. The spring I, presses the treadle K back tothe position shown in Fig. 1 in which position of parts the treadle maybe depressed to rock the lever J to pull upon the pitman E. The lever Jmay he held in any suitable position by a pawl M on the arm J engagingwith a rack segment N fixed relatively to the lever J and preferablysecured upon the frame ll of the car. This pawl M is pivoted at M" andis pressed normally into engagement with the rack segment by a spring M.The pawl M also has near its point end a slot M by which a movableconnection is effected between the said pawl and a link 0 which connectsthe pawl with the treadle K, the link 0 connecting with the treadle Kabove the pivot K of said treadle. When the lever K is depressed toroclr the lever J, it does not operate the pawl M but if the treadle Kbe pushed forward at its upper end, itwill release the pawl 0 fromengagei'ncnt with the rack segment N to permit the readjustn'ient of thelever J to its normal position after the same has been rocked by thedepression of the treadle K. It will be noticed that the arrangement ofthe treadle K in connection wjth the lever J, segment N and pawl Mcompact and is such that the accidental release of the pawl BI ispractically obviated.

In operation, the treadle may be operated to turn the lamp up to to theleft, and the tension. spring I) may operate to turn' the lamp in acorres 'mnding degree to the right and to readjust the lamp to itsnormal 'position. as well as to hold all parts firmly together in suchmanner as to render the device noiseless in operation. The spring Lholds the treadle firmly back against the shoulder J" of the lever armJ, while the ill) oppositely projecting arms, a spring se-- cured to oneof said arms, a pitman secured to the other one of said arms, abell-crank lever having one arm connected with said pitman, a treadlepivoted to the other arm of said. lever, a stop limiting the motion ofsaid treadle in one direction, a spring pressing said treadle intoengagementwith said stop, a rack segment fixed relatively to the saidlever, apawl pivoted to the treadle arm of the lever and engaging withthe rack segment, a spring pressing the pawl into such engagement and allnk connectlng the paw-l with the treadle whereby the pawl may bereleased by the rocking of the treadle on its pivotal connection withits lever arm, all substantially poses set forth.

2. In a head light apparatus, substanas and for the purtially asdescribed, the combination with a movable support for the lamp, of abellengagement with. said stop, a rack segmentfixed relatively to thesaid lever, a pawl pivoted to the treadle arm of the lever andengaging'with the rack segment, a spring pressing the pawl into suchengagement and a link connecting the pawl with the treadle whereby the.pawl may be released by the rocking of the treadle on its pivotalconnection with its lever arm. 7

ED LEE WIGKETT.

vWitnesses OVID L. KING, Jos. J. HENDERSON.

